Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions <19.1.5>=20.0.0 <20.3.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.77% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-3091122
  • published31 Oct 2022
  • disclosed31 Oct 2022
  • creditJan Vojtěšek, Milánek, Przemek Gmerek

Introduced: 31 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.5, 20.3.5 or higher.

Overview

electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Type Confusion in V8.

CVSS Scores

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